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The bacteriumZymomonas mobilis may be utilized to produce ethanol from glucose in a cross-linked immobilized cell reactor. Reactor startup is much more rapid with cross-linkedZymomonas than with the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Volumetric ethanol productivities (based on liquid holdup) three times those obtained with cross-linked yeast, and comparable to those obtained withZymomonas immobilized by other methods, are possible.
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Waldron, R.D., Vega, J.L., Clausen, E.C. et al. Ethanol production usingZymomonas mobilis in a cross-linked immobilized cell reactor. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 18, 127–142 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02930821
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